Statistics Survey 2015: Sarah's List

I got this wonderful Survey over at bookaddictsguide (THANKS!) and had the best time doing it. Here's my year in book:

• Number of books read…
  • Under 250 pages (not including novellas): 12
  • Between 400-449 pages: 13
  • Between 450-499 pages: 5
  • Over 500 pages: 4
  • Over 1000 pages: 0
• Number of…
  • Audiobooks: 5 Full; 4 Partial
  • Re-reads: 13
  • DNFs (did not finish): 4-5 (I normally don't count these)
• Number of books rated…
  • Five Stars: 33
  • One/Two Stars: 4
• Number of authors met in 2015: About 13... I think
• Number of book events attended in 2015: 1 Book Fair + 2 Author Events
• Number of books you read in one day: I am a slow reader so probably 1
• Number of books that made you cry: I guesstimate tears in about 7-8 books
• Number of 2016 books you have on pre-order: 0

• Book read furthest away from home (vacation reads?): 0
• Book that took you the longest to read: Wuthering Heights (10-13 to 12-9)
• Book that you personally connected with the most: How do you Personally Connect?
• Book that made you love the villain: Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson.
• Book you said you’d come back to but still haven’t picked up again: Woman in White
• Book you read waaaay before it’s publication date: Heart of Betrayal... 4 months
• Book you read on your birthday: Isla and the Happily Ever After (because All Fall Down hadn't come in yet)
• Book with a character who shares your name: Can't think of one
• Book you weren’t entirely truthful about when rating (Fluff up any ratings? Rated even though you didn’t finish?): I usually rate up.... but I think I rated The Storyspinner higher than I liked it.
• Book you read in 2015 but already want to re-read: So many: The Fixer, Heart of Betrayal, Compulsion, etc.
• Book you borrowed from a friend a long time ago and still have: I really don't borrow books from friends.
• Book you which you could go back and read for the first time again: Texas Gothic
• Most books read by one author this year: Counting Rereads: Ally Carter (6); New to Me Books: Jennifer Lynn Barnes (4)

• Happiest & saddest: I really can't tell
• Longest & shortest…
  • By page number:Winter (824 pg.), Legacy Lost (32 pg.)
  • By title: Rook (4 letters); I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (39 letters)
  • From buying to reading: I don't buy books often so I really can't answer
• Best & worst…
  • Average rating on Goodreads:Queen of Shadows (4.65); Atlantia (3.38)
  • Books you read/your rating: Heart of Betrayal (5 Stars); Wuthering Heights (1 Star)
  • Series enders: I only finished 2 series this year and they were both awesome: The Lunar Chronicles and Fire and Thorns
• First & last…
  • Reads of 2015: Talon (1st); Etiquette & Espionage (last)
  • Books on your bookcase (1st book on the top left and last book on the bottom right): Blood Red Road; Venom
• Most disappointing & biggest pleasant surprise: The Storyspinner was the most disappointing for me and I was most pleasantly surprised by Texas Gothic (I LOVED IT!)
• Fandom you joined & one you abandoned: Well, I am now a Jennifer Lynn Barnes fan.... not sure if I abandoned any but I'm hanging on by a thread to a few.
• Series you picked up & series you quit: I started 19 new-to-me series this year. About 5 or 6 I won't continue.
• Most lenient & harshest ratings: Probably most lenient is Spirit and Dust (I had issues with the writing but had fun with the story so I gave it 4 Stars); Harshest is Wuthering Heights with 1 Star (I know some people like it but I DESPISED it!)
• Most hyped & furthest under the radar that you read: Most hyped was probably Queen of Shadows or Winter..... Furthest under the radar I'm not sure.

• Book you read that is red: 3 (others have red in them)
• Starts with X, Y, or Z: 0 (those were the last 3 letter's I needed to get the alphabet!)
• Book you hugged when you finished it: Heart of Betrayal, Lonely Heart Club
• Book you wanted to throw across a room: Thirteenth Tale, Wuthering Heights
• Food you craved while/after reading a certain book: Don't know
• Book that became an instant go-to recommendation: Heart of Betrayal, The Fixer, Lonely Heart's Club
• Furthest out of your comfort zone:Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (I normally don't read epistolary format)
• Read on a recommendation (that you may not have picked up yourself): The Fill-In Boyfriend (I don't read a lot of this type of contemporary)
• Forced yourself to finish: Thirteenth Tale, Wuthering Heights.
• Series or author’s works you binged (whether all at once or throughout the year): Gallagher Girls series, The Lunar Chronicles